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     Monday, November 4, 2013
Issue # 80
Are you a member of - National Storytelling Network? You should be. Click here for info.
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NSN Conference - Updates
This section will be an ongoing post with updates as they come in from NSN

Where: Mesa, Arizona
When: July 24-27, 2014
Theme: Fire & Light
Storytelling illuminates who we are as individuals and as a community.  Stories spark deeper understanding; they enlighten our minds and hearts.  Stories light the fire of joy and laughter.  

RFPs:
Workshop proposals for 90 minute breakout sessions are due December 9, 2013 - Click here for info
Proposals for 55 minute Fringe performances are due Decamber 31, 2013 - Click here for info

NSN Auction
The National Storytelling Network Auction is under way! The auction supports the NSN Member Grant Programs. These programs are awarded throughout the year for the development of individual work, collaborative projects, community-based storytelling programs, or for scholarly research.

Here are SOME of the items up for bid:

Registrations for:
     Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
     Northlands Storytelling Conference
     Jonesborough Storytelling Festival
     & more
Autographed Books & CDs
       Bill Harley
       Syd Lieberman
       & more
Coaching Packages with
      Doug Lipman
      Elizabeth Ellis
      Eth-No-Tec
      & More
Two nights Accommodation in Northern Ireland
Plus: House Concerts, Workshops and lots of hand-crafted items


Click to go to the Auction site
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This Week

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Dustin Loehr Premieres Footnotes - This Week & Next
Storyteller and tap soloist Dustin Loehr announces the Arizona premiere of Footnotes of the Untellable Tale. Structured similarly to a cabaret show, Loehr taps and tells through the creative process of an artist. In this upbeat expression, audience members will see the scenes before the show, the words before the script, and the experiences that fuel an artist to create. See and hear how everything is a story in this one-man show.

At the Herberger Theatre, downtown Phoenix.
Performances are 12:10 pm - 12:45 pm
Monday-Wednesday-Friday - November 5-6-7 AND 12-13-14
 
See calendar for details
Odyssey Storytelling - Thursday
Odyssey Storytelling, a Tucson original since 2004, has put hundreds of local folks on the storytelling stage. Storytellers entertain, inspire and enlighten eager audiences with true, personal stories told from the heart. Get involved as a teller or a listener—all ages are invited, but stories are never censored.

Odyssey hosts shows (almost) every first Thursday of the month at FLUXX Studios and Gallery. Six invited tellers share ten-minute stories on the theme. Never read or memorized, tales are told from the life experiences and creativity of the teller.

This week's show: Thursday, November 7, 2013
Show at 7 p.m., Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
REVENGE: STORIES OF GETTING EVEN
Fluxx Studios and Gallery, 416 E. 9th St., Tucson

 
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East Valley Tellers of Tales
Saturday, November 9th ~ 10am - Noon
Join us to celebrate storytelling successes. 
East Valley Tellers of Tales is a Phoenix area guild of Storytellers and Storylisteners. A truly safe place to share your story! We are an affiliate of the National Storytelling Network. Come and find out what this means, and how it benefits you!

 
Click here for details & info
West Side Story Tellers
Saturday, November 9th ~ 10am - Noon
West Side Story Tellers will be from 10 am to Noon - at St. John's Lutheran Church, at 7205 N. 51st Ave. in Glendale. For more information, contact their president, Mark Compton at
WestSideStoryTellers@Yahoo.com.
 
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Rhyme, Rhythm and Meter

Did you ever work on a story, have it pretty much “done”, but then think, “It’s still not quite there?” It might be the language, and/or the phrasing. Here's an exercise for exploring the language of your story: Turn it into poetry, then back into prose. Don't be nervous. . .it's only an exercise.

Let’s use The Three Little Pigs, as it already has some of the existing elements of meter and rhyme.
Little pig little pig, let me in, let me in.
Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!
First, break the story down into scenes or segments, and then turn each piece into a four-line stanza (or several). Use poetic structure, rhyme, rhythm and meter. Make it a simple, but use literary license with the syntax and grammar.
 
Here’s an example, as the wolf goes to the house of sticks. The underlined words are stressed. Yes, it is a bit sing-song, but that’s the point of the exercise.
The wolf approached the house of sticks
With the two little pigs inside.
He could smell the scent of their porcine flesh
And was ready to eat their hides.
 
He disguised his voice, and knocked on the door
The piglets began to squeal.
They knew the wolf was inviting them to dinner
And that they would be the meal.
Now, turn the stanzas back into sentences. Don't make it sing-song, or force the stressed syllables, but use the rhythm of the words.
The wolf approached the house of sticks, with the two little pigs inside. He could smell the scent of their porcine flesh, and was ready to eat their hides. (speed up here get increasingly louder) He disguised his voice, and knocked on the door. The piglets began to squeal. They knew the wolf was inviting them to dinner, (perhaps a long pause here) and that they would be the meal.
Using rhyme, rhythm and meter can help the flow of the language.
 
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Another Tip-Bit
Here's another combination of a "tip" and a "tidbit".
Who are the storytellers you like? Who are the ones you love? Pick one. Then ask yourself, "What are all the things I love about this teller?"

Make a list.

Then ask, "What do I need to do to have some of the same qualities of this teller and still be myself?"

There's your goal. The time to start is now!

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Ongoing
Events

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Homebase Poetry
First Sunday of each month - Phoenix
https://www.facebook.com/Homebasepoetryopenmic

Infuse Open Mic
Second Sunday of each month - Phoenix
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Infuse-Open-Mic/137811162925031

Yarnball Storytellers Mic
Every Wednesday at  8 pm - PHOENIX
https://www.facebook.com/lawngnomepublishing/events

Odyssey Storytelling
First Thursday of each month - TUCSON
http://www.storyartsgroup.org/odyssey/Odyssey/Welcome.html

East Valley Tellers of Tales -Storytellers Guild
Second Saturday of each month - SCOTTSDALE
http://www.evtot.com

West Side Story Tellers -Storytellers Guild
Second Saturday of each month - GLENDALE
Westsidestorytellers@yahoo.com

Storyline: Origins
Fourth Friday of each month - PHOENIX
https://www.facebook.com/events/203427456504343/

Lit Lounge - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMOCA)
Third Friday of each month - SCOTTSDALE
http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/smoca-events.php
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